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| Name of the NEET sub-section | Topic | Flashcards helpful for |
| Biology | Biotechnology and Its Applications | NEET exams |
| Bt cotton | Resistant to insects (lepidopterans, coleopterans and dipterans)
Produced by introducing genes of Bacillus thuringiensis, which produces Bt toxins into cotton plants by genetic engineering |
| Bt Toxin | Insecticidal protein
Produced by- Bacillus thuringiensis (bacteria) as inactive protoxins Coded by cry genes; cryIAc and cryIIAb- control cotton bollworms, cryIAb- controls corn borer Mode of action- protoxin gets activated by the alkaline pH of the gut and causes lysis of epithelial cells of the midgut of insects by forming pores in the cell membrane |
| Nematode resistant plants | RNA interference technique of cellular defence is used
Silencing mRNA of a nematode by introducing genes, which formed dsRNA specific to the nematode, inducing RNAi Meloidogyne incognita infects the root of tobacco plants |
| Humulin | Genetically engineered insulin
Produced by- An American company Eli Lilly in 1983 A and B chains were produced separately by inserting genes in the plasmid of E.coli Does not contain C peptide |
| Gene therapy | Correction of a genetic defect
First given to a girl with ADA (Adenosine deaminase) deficiency in 1990 The functional ADA cDNA was introduced in lymphocytes |
| First transgenic cow | Rosie (1997)
Produced protein-enriched milk and also contained alpha-lactalbumin |
| 𝛼-1-antitrypsin | Biological product by a transgenic animal for treatment of emphysema |
| Probe | A short DNA or RNA segment tagged with a radioactive molecule
Used to search for the complementary sequences in a genome |
| GEAC | Genetic Engineering Approval Committee
Indian regulatory body for GM research and analysing safety of introducing GM organisms for public use |
| rop | Codes for proteins involved in plasmid replication |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay
First described by Perlmann and Engvall in 1971 Test to detect antigens, antibodies or hormones present in a sample |
| Biopiracy | Use of biological resources commercially without authorisation and compensatory payment to concerned authorities and people, where it originated |
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